Into the Lion's Den

POV: Clara

"Nothing is going to happen. Everything is going to be fine," I chanted under my breath like a desperate mantra.

I paced the mirrored interior of the private executive elevator as it ascended to the fiftieth floor. The smooth, silent hum of the machinery was the only sound keeping me company in the enclosed space. Every time I passed the polished glass, my reflection mocked me. I look